Along The Path

Along the path, alone, I have come

Dirt embedded in my feet

The weight upon my back is tiresome

I ache for a resting seat

My once bright eyes have now faded

Young skin turned to leather

A quick mind clouded

A princess turned beggar

For hope lost, is the greatest loss

Takes away all meaning

My once straight path is now a cross

The sun forever setting

And as I sit, alone and forgotten

Dirty feet appear next to mine

“My child, this is my only begotten”

His clear, loving eyes shine

I gaze at his face,

Somehow I know it so well

In His eyes I see my disgrace

What I once was, trapped in this bitter shell

“I’m sorry, Lord, I finally say

My tears washing away the dirt

“Let me take your pain away”

And in his arms I find my comfort

“My child, I was always here,

By your side, holding your hand

In good times and in bad, I was near

Walking with you across the land”

My trials I had thought too difficult

The pain too much to bear

My bitter heart was full of tumult

And in my weakness I cried, “He must not care”

And now here He was

His tender arms around me

Not noticing my dirtiness, my flaws

The side of me only He can see

The pain I suffered

Need not have been

For faithlessness blurred

My vision of Him

Love,
Brittney